Use ~50 feet from the tower out and the rest 3/16 EHS?
73
Jim W7RY
-----Original Message----- From: Brian Sarkisian Sent: Sunday, September
02, 2012 1:48 PM To: towertalk@contesting.com Subject: [TowerTalk]
Phillystran
I am putting up a 1/4 wave insulated tower for 160. I plan on guying it at
5 levels.
Since I am not putting any antennas on the tower, what are your thoughts
using
the Phillystran HPTG 2100i or should I stick with the HPTG 4000i.

Charlie has the right idea: "Follow the manufacturers instructions" and
use what ever strength guys they use.

Here the 100' 45G is guyed at 3 levels. Bottom two tier are the
HPTG4000I with the top being the 6000. The bottom end of each guy is EHS
for about 10-15 feet. The 45G had a large array on top and even on a
windy day it was rock solid up there.
http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/Tower29.htm Watch for line wrap.
That was really overloaded and destroyed one each, TB-3 and TB-4
thrust bearings.